Actor Park Hye-soo. Yonhap News

Actor Park Hye-soo is leaving the agency she has been with for 11 years.

On the 8th, a representative of Ghost Studio gave an official statement to Sports Kyunghyang, “The exclusive contract with Park Hye-soo recently expired, and we have decided not to renew.”

The connection between Park Hye-soo and Ghost Studio began in 2015. After signing an exclusive contract with Sim Entertainment, the predecessor of Ghost Studio, they maintained a strong bond for a long 11 years even as the company name changed.

Debuting in 2015 with the drama ‘Yong-pal’, Park Hye-soo quickly rose as a promising talent through the drama ‘Age of Youth’ and the film ‘Samjin Group English TOEIC Class’ (2020), building a solid filmography across the small and big screens.

In the meantime, in 2021 Park Hye-soo became embroiled in allegations of having committed school violence, which stalled her activities. At the time, her agency indicated legal action, calling them “false information,” but as the truth battle with those claiming to be victims dragged on, she weathered turbulence such as the indefinite postponement of the drama ‘Dear M’, in which she had been slated to appear.

Thereafter, in 2023 Park Hye-soo cautiously signaled a comeback through the independent film ‘You and I’. The drama ‘Dear M’, which had been adrift due to the ‘school-bullying controversy’, also finally aired last year and reached viewers. More recently, it became known that she has been running a cafe in Paju, Gyeonggi Province.